World Health Organization Recommends Reclassifying Marijuana Under International Treaties

Global health experts at the United Nations are recommending that marijuana and its key components be formally rescheduled under international drug treaties.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for whole-plant marijuana, as well as cannabis resin, to be removed from Schedule IV—the most restrictive category of a 1961 drug convention signed by countries from around the world.

Cannabis Oil In Israeli Autism Study Has 90% Success Rate!

Israeli medical cannabis firm, Tikun Olam, has completed autism clinical trial with CBD-rich Avidekel cannabis oil. The results are very hopeful for autism patients.

Media images of sick children taking cannabis oil brought medical cannabis to the mainstream. Often, the most extreme cases made the biggest impacts—Charlotte Figi, Alyssa Erwin, Haleigh Cox. While most families will never endure the trials of caring for a child with Dravet syndrome, brain cancer, or cerebral palsy, one condition could hit close to home: autism. Fortunately, the Avidekel chemovar by Tikun Olam is proven effective in treating symptoms of autism in recent clinical trial.

How Monsanto shuts down your kidneys, liver, brain, and immune system

A recently released “state of the science” review by the Pesticide Action Network International (PAN) contains a wealth of research that documents the adverse environmental and human health impacts of glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides.  The review’s findings emphasize the need for these compounds to be permanently phased out.

Health and environmental advocates say the monopoly on what has become the world’s most-used herbicide – which is the primary ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup – ought to be a wake-up call for governments, regulatory agencies and farmers around the world who use it.

Chemotherapy Side Effects: Cannabinoids and CBD Research Overview

Chemotherapy can cause several, sometimes debilitating, side effects. Studies have shown cannabinoids can make the adverse effects more manageable.

Chemotherapy is a category of cancer treatment that uses strong drugs, administered orally or intravenously.

There are more than 100 chemotherapy drugs that are used in the treatment of cancer. The drugs prevent cancer from spreading to other parts of the body, slow the growth of tumors, and kill cancer cells.




While chemotherapy can be effective against cancer, it does cause sometimes-serious side effects.

Overview of Chemotherapy Side Effects

The side effects from chemotherapy develop because the chemotherapy drugs that attack cancerous cells also damage normal, healthy cells. Common side effects associated with chemotherapy are fever and chills, fatigue, nausea and vomiting, sore mouth, diarrhea, constipation, loss of appetite that can lead to anorexia, pain or difficulty with swallowing, swelling in the hands or feet, itching, shortness of breath, cough, and muscle or joint pain.

Individuals undergoing chemotherapy won’t necessarily experience all side effects and the severity of the side effects varies greatly from person to person. Most side effects will gradually go away after completion of the treatment.

Effects of Cannabinoids and CBD on Chemotherapy Side Effects

Cannabinoids have shown to effectively reduce the nausea and vomiting that often occurs during and after chemotherapy treatments. Studies have found that one of the major cannabinoids found in cannabis, cannabidiol (CBD), is effective at treating the more difficult to control symptoms of nausea, as well as preventing anticipatory nausea in chemotherapy patients. Another study found that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), another major cannabinoid found in cannabis, is also effective at reducing conditioned rejection and chemotherapy-induced nausea.

CBD Terpenes: Their Role and What They Are

In the world of CBD, we speak and write often about the compounds that naturally occur in the industrial hemp plant, like cannabinoids and terpenes. But what are CBD terpenes, and what is their role?

We know that cannabinoids like cannabidiol interact with the human endocannabinoid system (ECS).

The ECS brings homeostasis to the body when it’s properly nourished.

Terpenes, on the other hand, are potent chemical compounds that give plants their aromas, colors, and flavors. They’re produced by most plants and even some animals, such as termites and swallowtail butterflies.